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To move on after her father’s death, Jinna Yang needed to take a journey with him – or at least with a replica of him.

Ms. Yang, a 25-year-old Korean-American living in New York, recently traveled to famous landmarks in Europe with a six-foot tall cutout of her father, in an effort to visit places he never got to see before dying of cancer two years ago.

Ms. Yang’s story quickly gained attention in China, with local news sites carrying her pictures and story. Read More »

Four years ago, the son of a senior police officer in China coined a catchphrase for spoiled bratdom when he fled the scene of a fatal car crash, shouting, “My dad is Li Gang!” The implication being, you wouldn’t dare prosecute me.

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